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[edit] English

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[edit] Etymology

From Latin ablative singular form of folium (leaf)

[edit] Noun

Singular
folio

Plural
folios

folio (plural folios)

  1. A leaf of a book or manuscript.
  2. (paper) A sheet of paper once folded.
  3. (books) A book made of sheets of paper each folded once (two leaves or four pages to the sheet); hence, a book of the largest kind, exceeding 30 cm in height.
  4. (printing) The page number. The even folios are on the left-hand pages and the odd folios on the right-hand.
  5. A page of a book.
  6. (accounting) a page in an account book; sometimes, two opposite pages bearing the same serial number.
  7. (law, dated, 19th century, early, 20th century) A leaf containing a certain number of words, hence, a certain number of words in a writing, as in England, in law proceedings 72, and in chancery, 90; in New York, 100 words.

[edit] Synonyms

  • ((books) once-folded sheets): F, f, fo,

[edit] Derived terms


[edit] Croatian

[edit] Noun

folio m (plural foliji)

  1. folio

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[edit] Esperanto

[edit] Noun

folio (plural folioj, accusative singular folion, accusative plural foliojn)

  1. leaf of a plant

[edit] Finnish

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folio

  1. aluminum foil

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[edit] Latin

[edit] Noun

foliō n.

  1. dative singular of folium
  2. ablative singular of folium

[edit] Spanish

[edit] Noun

folio m. (plural folios)

Singular
folio m.

Plural
folios m.

  1. folio
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